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| 20130151584 | Method for Network Coding Packets in Content-Centric Networking Based Networks - A network node, comprising a data store comprising a content object, wherein the content object comprises multiple content chunks, a receiver configured to receive a request from a requesting network node for at least one chunk of the content object, a transmitter configured to transmit data, and a processor coupled to the receiver, the transmitter, and the data store, wherein the processor is configured to encode the content using the multiple content chunks and to instruct the transmitter to transmit the encoded content and an encoding indicator to the requesting network node, wherein the encoding indicator provides the requesting network node with an encoding mechanism that the requesting network node uses to decode the encoded content in the payload into the multiple content chunks after the requesting network node receives a number of packets comprising the encoded content equal to the number of content chunks that comprise the content object. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151242 | Method to Select Active Channels in Audio Mixing for Multi-Party Teleconferencing - An apparatus comprising an ingress port configured to receive a signal comprising a plurality of encoded audio signals corresponding to a plurality of sources; and a processor coupled to the ingress port and configured to calculate a parameter for each of the plurality of encoded audio signals, wherein each parameter is calculated without decoding any of the encoded audio signals, select some, but not all, of the plurality of encoded audio signals according to the parameter for each of the encoded audio signals, decode the selected signals to generate a plurality of decoded audio signals, and combine the plurality of decoded audio signals into a first audio signal. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130148644 | System and Method for Preambles in a Wireless Communications Network - A method for transmitting a frame includes generating an omni portion of the frame, the omni portion including a non-beamformed long training field and a signal field, the non-beamformed long training field including channel estimation information used to decode the signal field, the non-beamformed long training field configured to be transmitted through one of multiple antennas and multiple streams. The method also includes generating a multi-stream portion of the frame, the multi-stream portion including a data field and a multi-stream long training field, the multi-stream long training field including station-specific decoding information for station-specific data in the data field. The method further includes applying a beamforming indicator to the signal field of the omni portion, and transmitting the frame. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147923 | Smart Audio and Video Capture Systems for Data Processing Systems - A computation system comprising an orientation detection device configured to detect position information comprising a position and an orientation of the computation system, a multi-sensor system coupled to the orientation detection device, wherein the multi-sensor system is configured to capture environmental input data, wherein the multi-sensor system comprises at least one of an audio capturing system and a three-dimensional (3D) image capturing system, and wherein the environmental input data comprises at least one of audio and an image, and at least one signal processing component coupled to the orientation detection device and to the multi-sensor system, wherein the processor is configured to modify the captured environmental input data based on the position information. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147896 | Color Correction for Multiple Video Objects in Telepresence Applications - A method comprising rendering a video display signal comprising combining local illumination video objects from different sources into each frame of a plurality of frames, wherein the local illumination video objects are video objects on which chromatic adaptation was performed using an illumination reference common to all video objects. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to render a video display signal comprising combining local illumination video objects from different sources into each frame of a plurality of frames, wherein the local illumination video objects are video objects on which chromatic adaptation was performed using an illumination reference common to all video objects. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147543 | Apparatus and Method for Fractional Charge Pumps - An embodiment apparatus comprises a plurality of flying capacitors coupled between a dc input power source and an output capacitor and switching circuitry coupled to the plurality of flying capacitors. The switching circuitry is configured such that in a first operational phase, the dc input power source and the plurality of flying capacitors in a first capacitor configuration are stacked together and further coupled to the output capacitor and in a second operational phase, the plurality of flying capacitors in a second capacitor configuration are coupled between ground and the output capacitor. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130144984 | Systems and Methods for Connection Pooling for Video Streaming in Content Delivery Networks - System and methods for connection pooling for video streaming in content delivery networks (CSNs) are provided. An embodiment method for connection pooling in a content delivery network (CDN) by a proxy server includes receiving, from a client, a request for media content, sending, to a control server, a query to locate an origin media server having the media content if the media content is cache-missing, receiving, from the control server, information regarding the origin media server having the media content requested by the client, and forwarding the request for the media content to the origin media server having the media content using a reusable connection from a pool of the reusable connections between the proxy server and the origin media server if the reusable connection is unoccupied. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142515 | Apparatus and Method for Registering a Coaxial Network Unit on an Optical Network - A method comprising receiving a coaxial network unit (CNU) registration request from a CNU via a coaxial portion of a network, wherein the registration request is addressed to an optical line terminal (OLT), and forwarding the CNU registration request to the OLT via an optical portion of the network. Included is an OLT comprising a processor configured to receive a registration request including a logical node identifier (LNID) assigned to a coaxial line terminal (CLT) in a payload of the registration request, wherein the CLT intermediates between the OLT via an optical portion of a unified optical-coaxial network and a CNU via an electrical network portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, assign a logical link identifier (LLID) to the CNU, and send the LLID to the CNU via the CLT. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142514 | Apparatus and Method of Identifying a Transit Node in a Unified Optical-Coaxial Network - An optical line terminal (OLT) comprising a processor configured to assign a logical node identifier (LNID) to a coaxial line terminal (CLT), wherein the CLT intermediates between the OLT via an optical portion of a unified optical-coaxial network and a coaxial network unit (CNU) via an electrical network portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, and transmit a plurality of frames to the CLT via the optical portion of the unified optical-coaxial network, wherein the frames have a CNU address as a destination address, and wherein at least some of the frame comprise the LNID. Included is a method implemented at a CNU, the method comprising receiving a first frame comprising a LNID for a CLT, and transmitting a second frame comprising the LNID for the CLT, wherein the CNU is part of an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) over Coaxial (EPoC) network. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142513 | Apparatus and Method for Reducing Traffic on a Unified Optical and Coaxial Network - A coaxial line terminal (CLT) comprising an optical port configured to couple to an optical line terminal (OLT) via an optical distribution network (ODN), an electrical port configured to couple to a coaxial network unit (CNU) via an electrical distribution network, and a processor coupled to the optical port and the electrical port, wherein the processor is configured to receive from the OLT a plurality of first frames addressed to the CNU, receive from the OLT a plurality of second frames not addressed to the CNU, forward the first frames to the CNU, and prohibit the second frames from being forwarded to the CNU. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142512 | Self-Seeded Colorless Burst-Mode Transmitter Using Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Injection-Locked Fabry-Perot Laser - An apparatus comprises an optical port; a first optical transmitter; a second optical transmitter; a partially reflective mirror positioned between the first optical transmitter, the second optical transmitter, and the optical port; and an optical rotator positioned between the partially reflective minor and the first optical transmitter. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142439 | Scalable Query for Visual Search - A system and a method for progressive queries, which are a sequence of queries for visual search of an image, sent from a sender to a receiver of a communication network, are disclosed. Queries based on a set of feature points and their associated locations of an image may be selected in sequence. A sender sends a first query to a receiver, wherein the first query comprises a number of feature points which is a subset of the set of feature points of the image invariant to rotation and scaling in creating the image. The sender receives a feedback from the receiver, wherein the feedback is generated by the receiver based on searching an image repository using information from the first query. The sender then decides whether there is a match of the image in the image repository based on the received feedback. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142290 | Method and Apparatus for Modulation and Coding Scheme Adaption in a MIMO System - Method and apparatus for decoding a transmitted signal by a receiver in a MIMO system into a first estimate component for estimating a first signal, a first interference component indicating interference resulting from a correlation relationship among a set of signals to be transmitted, and a first noise component. A base station generates the transmitted signal from the set of signals through a coding process, the coding process defining a correlation relationship amongst the set of signals. The correlation information about the correlation relationship is transmitted to the receiver directly or by a dedicated reference symbol. The decoding is performed by determining a linear receiver filter for the first signal in accordance with the correlation information, and de-correlating the first signal and interferences. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142248 | Image Transform Zero Coefficient Selection and Zero-Skip Transmission for Arbitrary Shape Transform Coding - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to generate a rectangular block of transform coefficients comprising applying a discrete separable unitary transform to a rectangular boundary block of a video object, wherein the boundary block comprises at least one masked pixel and at least one unmasked pixel, wherein the transform coefficients comprise a number of zero-valued transform coefficients greater than or equal to a number of masked pixels, wherein the transform coefficients comprise at least one non-zero-valued transform coefficient; and generate an encoded output comprising compressing only the non-zero-valued transform coefficients. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142095 | System and Method for Traffic Signaling and Control in a Wireless Network - A system and method are provided for traffic signaling in wireless or sensor networks. The system and method use information or bits in a Signal Field (SIG) of Physical Layer (PHY) preamble in a packet to provide traffic control information. An embodiment method implemented by a network component comprises indicating a traffic direction and a traffic type for traffic control in a SIG in a frame and transmitting the frame including the SIG. Another method comprises receiving in a frame a SIG for traffic control that indicates a transmission type and decoding the SIG field to determine whether to process remaining information in the frame if the frame comprises data payload or a Media Access Control (MAC) header. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130142089 | Tunable Bandpass Filter Device and Method - An embodiment radio frequency MicroElectroMechanical (RF-MEMS) tunable bandpass filter includes one or more tunable resonators, each of which includes an electrically reconfigurable capacitor bank, a tuning screw, and a resonating structure. In an embodiment, the capacitor bank includes fixed value capacitors and switches to vary the capacitance of the resonator. In an embodiment, the capacitor bank includes variable capacitors and direct current (DC) bias circuits to vary the capacitance of the resonator. The filter may be incorporated into a time division duplexing (TDD) base station or other wireless communications device. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130139137 | Systems and Methods for Customizing Optimization/Transformation/ Processing Strategies - A method for tailored compiler optimization is provided. The method includes extracting kernels from an application program, performance tuning the kernels to determine a tailored optimization strategy for each of the kernels, the tailored optimization strategy different than a default optimization strategy of a compiler for each of the kernels, and annotating the application program, using a computer, to identify the tailored optimization strategy determined for each of the kernels. In an embodiment, the method also includes the design and implementation for adjusting a compiler to customize optimization strategies for different kernels. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130137454 | Positioning Enhancement Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are disclosed to provide positioning enhancement to wireless systems to determine UE positioning using UE measurements. A method implemented by a UE for enabling positioning calculation includes receiving a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) threshold from a network for filtering positioning measurements and performing a plurality of positioning measurements. The method also includes removing from the positioning measurements each measurement that does not meet the SINR threshold, and sending remaining positioning measurements that meet the SINR threshold to the network. Another method implemented by a network component includes receiving a plurality of positioning measurements with a plurality of corresponding SINRs from a user device and removing from the positioning measurements each measurement with a corresponding SINR that is less than or equal to a pre-determined SINR threshold. The remaining positioning measurements with corresponding SINRs greater than the SINR threshold are then used for positioning calculation. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130136180 | Unified Partitioning Structures and Signaling Methods for High Efficiency Video Coding - A method for video coding comprising signaling a prediction mode and a partition mode for a coding unit via a string of bits, wherein one of the bits in the string indicates whether or not the partition size for the coding unit is equivalent to the entire coding unit and another of the bits in the string indicates whether the coding unit partitions are horizontal strips or vertical strips, and wherein, when a slice type of the coding unit is either predictive or bi-predictive, one of the bits in the string indicates whether the prediction type is intra or inter. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135903 | Hybrid DC/DC Converters and Methods - An embodiment hybrid dc/dc converter comprises a first power source and a low power converter coupled to the first power source. The low power converter generates an output connected in series with the first power source. The hybrid dc/dc converter further comprises a selection network coupled to the first power source and the output of the low power converter and a main unregulated power converter coupled to the selection network. By controlling the voltage across the output of the low power converter, the hybrid dc/dc converter can achieve high efficiency through the unregulated power converter. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135816 | Method and Apparatus for Scalable Low Latency Solid State Drive Interface - An embodiment solid state drive (SSD) apparatus includes a plurality of computer processing unit (CPU) blades, a channel-interleaved interface operably coupled to the CPU blades, and an input/output (I/O) blade operably coupled to the channel-interleaved interface. In an embodiment, the CPU blades include a processor running a plurality of virtual machines that are locally switched using an Ethernet controller on a chip. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130132643 | Method and Apparatus for Scalable Low Latency Solid State Drive Interface - A solid state drive (SSD) apparatus including a plurality of solid state drives, a channel-interleaved interface operably coupled to the solid state drives, and a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bridge operably coupled to the channel-interleaved interface. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132627 | System and Method for Implementing Locks Shared Between Kernel and User Space - An apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to implement a plurality of operations for an operating system (OS) platform including a kernel and a user application, one or more shared resource blocks by the kernel and the user application, and one or more shared locks by the kernel and the user application corresponding to the shared resource blocks, wherein the user application is configured to synchronize accesses to the shared resource blocks between a user thread and a kernel thread by directly accessing the locks without using a system call to the kernel. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130707 | Method and System for Dynamic, Joint Assignment of Power and Scheduling of Users for Wireless Systems - A method for dynamically determining power and scheduling assignments in a communications network includes selecting, by a controller, a mobile station in each cell to define a mobile station set, determining, by the controller, a power allocation for each of the mobile stations in the mobile station set, calculating, by the controller, a global utility function by evaluating a contribution from each of the mobile stations in the mobile station set in accordance with the power allocation, repeating, by the controller, the selecting, the determining, and the calculating steps a predetermined number of times to generate additional ones of the global utility function, and choosing, by the controller, the mobile station set corresponding to the global utility function having a particular value for a resource block of a frame. The method may also include repeatedly dividing a user set into clusters to obtain a best power allocation. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129351 | Encoding of Wavelength Converter Systems - An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) configured to perform a path computation using a wavelength converter (WC) pool information based on a dynamic WC pool model, wherein the dynamic WC pool model comprises information regarding WC pool usage state represented using a WC pool usage state vector, and wherein the information regarding WC pool usage state is communicated to the PCE using a WC usage state Type-Length-Value (TLV) that indicates an available WC in a WC pool, a used WC in the WC pool, or both. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a WC usage state TLV comprising information regarding WC pool usage state, establishing a WC pool usage state vector using the information in the WC usage state TLV, and calculating a WC pool connectivity matrix based on the WC usage state vector. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128966 | Scanning of Prediction Residuals in High Efficiency Video Coding - A video codec comprising a processor configured to generate a prediction block for a current block, compute a difference between the current block and the prediction block to generate a residual block, scan a plurality of prediction residuals located in the residual block following a scanning order, and if the plurality of residual values comprise at least one non-zero prediction residual, entropy encode the at least one non-zero prediction residual. A method comprising generating a prediction block for a current block, computing a difference between the current block and the prediction block to generate a residual block, scanning a plurality of prediction residuals located in the residual block, and if the plurality of residual values comprise at least one non-zero prediction residual, entropy encoding the at least one non-zero prediction residual. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128867 | System and Method for Communications Link Control - A method for operating an access point includes receiving information from a first station configured to operate in a non-transmit-indicator-map (TIM) mode, and determining if downlink data intended for the first station is available at the access point. The method also includes transmitting at least one of the downlink data intended for the first station to the first station, a data indicator indicating that the downlink data intended for the first station is available at the access point, information indicating downlink data is available for the first station, and a time indicator indicating a specific time when the downlink data intended for the first station will be sent to the first station. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128831 | System and Method for Communications Link Control - A method for operating an access point includes identifying one or more stations to receive a transmission from the access point, and generating a traffic indicator map (TIM) for the one or more stations identified, the TIM in accordance with a TIM generating rule, the TIM identifying at least an offset length and a number of entries. The method further includes broadcasting a beacon carrying the TIM to the one or more stations identified, the one or more stations configured to decode the beacon according to the TIM generating rule. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130121697 | Gigabit Passive Optical Network Transmission Convergence Extension for Next Generation Access - An apparatus comprising a data framer configured to frame a data stream into a plurality of frames each comprising a plurality of fields sized to align the frames with a word boundary greater than or equal to about four bytes long, and an optical transmitter coupled to the data framer and configured to transmit the frames. Included is an apparatus comprising at least one component configured to implement a method comprising encapsulating a data stream with at least one Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Encapsulation Method (GEM) payload aligned with a word boundary at least about four bytes long, encapsulating the GEM payload with a GPON Transmission Convergence (GTC) frame aligned with the word boundary, and transmitting the GTC frame. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121694 | Open Shortest Path First Extensions in Support of Wavelength Switched Optical Networks - A network component comprising a generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS) control plane controller configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a message to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the message comprises a Type-Length-Value (TLV) indicating Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) information, wherein the TLV comprises a Node Attribute TLV, a Link Set TLV, or both, and wherein the TLV further comprises at least one sub-TLV indicating additional RWA information. A method comprising communicating an open shortest path first (OSPF) link state advertisement (LSA) message comprising a TLV with at least one sub-TLV to a GMPLS control plane controller, wherein the TLV comprises a Node Attribute TLV, a Link Set TLV, or both, and wherein the TLV further comprises at least one sub-TLV indicating RWA information. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121598 | System and Method for Randomized Point Set Geometry Verification for Image Identification - Object recognition can be improved by verifying a geometric consistency between matching interesting points pairs of two images, as objects with the images are more likely to match when the matching interesting points pairs are geometrically consistent. The geometric consistency between matching interesting points pairs can be verified in accordance with a topology code distance vector (D). The topology code distance vector (D) may be evaluated in accordance with a decision tree classifier, which may be trained in accordance with previous or historic topology code distance vectors. The topology code distance vector (D) may be computed from a subset of matching interesting points pairs having the shortest matching distance. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130114506 | System and Method for Data Forwarding - A method for operating a first station includes broadcasting identifying information during a contention period after obtaining access to a communications medium used to transmit messages. The method also includes receiving a transmission intended for an access point from a second station over the communications medium, and forwarding the transmission to the access point over the communications medium. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114496 | System and Method for Interference Management in Cellular Networks - Notifying served user equipments (UEs) of the presence or absence of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) symbols transmitted by neighboring base stations in the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe can be achieved through various of signaling techniques. The served UE may be notified by communicating a one or multi-bit indicator in a physical layer signaling channel of the serving cell, such as the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the subframe. Alternatively, the served UE may be notified through higher layer signaling. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114463 | System and Method for Domain Name Resolution for Fast Link Setup - Performing wireless local area network (W-LAN) access point name (W-APN) resolution concurrently with wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) link setup reduces latencies involved with accessing a third generation partnership (3GGP) evolved packet core (EPC) network via a Wi-Fi access network. To achieve this, a Wi-Fi access point (AP) sends a W-APN to a domain name system (DNS) server during Wi-Fi link setup, thereby allowing 3GGP gateway assignment to be performed concurrently with Wi-Fi link setup. The W-APN may be a priori information to the mobile station or Wi-Fi AP. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114414 | Hardware-Based Dynamic Load Balancing That Avoids Flow Packet Reordering Statistically - A network component comprising a hash generator configured to generate a first hash value using a first hash function and a packet, and generate a second hash value using a second hash function and the packet, a memory comprising a first hash table related to the first hash function and a second hash table related to the second hash function, the first and second hash tables comprising one or more entries, the one or more entries comprising a signature, a timestamp, and a path identification, a comparator configured to compare the first hash value and the second hash value with the one or more entries, and a forwarding decision module configured to forward the packet on a selected path. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114413 | Decoupled and Concurrent Packet Processing and Packet Buffering for Load-Balancing Router Architecture - A network component comprising a traffic manager (TM) configured to assign a unique identifier (ID) to a received packet, a splitter module configured to separate a header and a payload of the received packet, the splitter module further configured to attach the unique ID to each of the header and the payload, and a merger module configured to assemble an outgoing packet using the header and the payload. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130100944 | Wireless Connection Management Procedure - An apparatus comprising a connection manager in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a cellular network via a cellular interface and with a short range wireless access network via a short range wireless access interface, wherein the connection manager is configured to enable the short range wireless access interface when a data connection request is detected and disable the short range wireless access interface when no more data connection requests are detected after expiration of a pre-determined time, and wherein the data connection request is at least partially delivered via the cellular interface while the short range wireless access interface is being set up and data connection is switched to the short range wireless access interface after completing short range wireless access interface setup. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130099983 | Wireless Communication Device with an Antenna Adjacent to an Edge of the Device - A wireless communication device comprising a housing comprising a plurality of edges and configured to serve as an external surface for the wireless communication device, and an antenna adjacent to at least a first edge of the housing, wherein the antenna comprises at least a conductive strip and at least one slot and wherein the antenna is configured to receive and transmit wireless signals, wherein the first edge of the housing is one of an edge of the housing nearest an ear piece and an edge of the housing that is opposite the edge of the housing nearest the ear piece, and wherein the conductive strip and the slot are adjacent to at least the first edge of the housing. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130099866 | System and Method for a Multi-Band Power-Amplifier - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of amplifying a plurality of frequency bands includes amplifying a first frequency band and a second frequency band with a main amplifier, amplifying the first frequency band with a first peaking amplifier, amplifying the second frequency band with a second peaking amplifier, and simultaneously load modulating an output of the main amplifier with an output of the first peaking amplifier and with an output of the second peaking amplifier. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130094862 | Wavelength Management in Multiple-Wavelength Passive Optical Networks - A system for supporting wavelength management in a passive optical network (PON), comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to send an wavelength assignment for optical network unit (ONU) communications based on a wavelength tunability capability, and an ONU coupled to the OLT and configured to send the wavelength tunability capability to the OLT, wherein the wavelength assignment and the wavelength tunability capability are sent in media access control (MAC) messages. Also disclosed is an apparatus of an OLT for supporting wavelength management, comprising one or more component configured to couple to an ONU and exchange a wavelength assignment for transmission with the ONU based on a wavelength tunability of the ONU, wherein the wavelength indication and the wavelength tunability are exchanged via MAC layer frames. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094861 | Wavelength Indication in Multiple-Wavelength Passive Optical Networks - An apparatus of a passive optical network (PON) comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) component configured to couple to an optical network unit (ONU) and send downstream wavelength identification to the ONU to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the downstream wavelength identification is transmitted using a Media Access Control (MAC) layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel. Also included is an apparatus of a PON comprising an ONU component configured to couple to an OLT and send upstream wavelength feedback to the OLT to indicate a wavelength that corresponds to the ONU, wherein the upstream wavelength feedback is transmitted using a MAC layer frame for an embedded channel, a control message channel, or a data channel. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094458 | System and Method for Data Channel Transmission and Reception - A method for operating a communications controller includes allocating a number of resource blocks to an enhanced physical downlink shared channel (ePDSCH), and identifying a starting point for the resource blocks of the ePDSCH, the starting point located within a control region of a subframe. The method also includes signaling to a user equipment (UE) the starting point of the resource blocks and the number of resource blocks allocated to the ePDSCH. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130094381 | System and Method for Measurement Bandwidth Configuration - Signaling a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurement of a wireless channel is achieved by sending an measurement bandwidth (measbandwidth) indicator to a receiver that mandates a specific measurement bandwidth for performing the RSRP or RSRQ measurement. By virtue of receiving the measbandwidth indicator, the receiver is required to perform the RSRP or RSRQ measurement over a portion of the wireless channel that is equal to the measurement bandwidth specified by the measbandwidth indicator. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130090126 | System and Methods for Beam Shaping in a Self-Organizing network (SON) - Methods are components are included herein for implementing beam shaping algorithms to optimize antenna beam patterns. An embodiment method includes dividing a geographical area into a plurality of geographical bins, setting up a plurality of zones for a cell based on a plurality of boundary thresholds, receiving a plurality of signal measurements from a plurality of user equipments across the geographical bins, classifying the geographical bins into the different zones by comparing the signal measurements to the boundary thresholds of the zones, calculating a plurality of gain adjustments for the corresponding geographical bins in at least some of the zones, and generating a beam shaping pattern based on the gain adjustments. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130089107 | Method and Apparatus for Multimedia Queue Management - Methods and systems for a multimedia queue management solution that maintaining graceful Quality of Experience (QoE) degradation are provided. The method selects a frame from all weighted queues based on a gradient function indicating a network performance rate change and a distortion rate caused by the frame and its related frames in the queue, and dropping the selected frame and all its related frames, and continues to drop similarly chosen frame until a network performance rate change caused by the dropping frame and its related frames meets a predetermined performance metric. A frame gradient is a distortion rate divided by a network performance rate change caused by the frame and its related frames, and a distortion rate is based on a sum of each individual frame distortion rate when the frame and its related frames are replaced by some other frames derived from remaining frames based on a replacement method. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130089035 | System and Method for Transmitting Uplink Data Associated with Downlink Multiple Point Transmission - A system and method for transmitting UL data associated with DL multiple point transmission are provided. A method for transmission point operations includes determining an identifier associated with each transmission point in a downlink serving set that includes a primary transmission point and at least one secondary transmission point, transmitting downlink information to a user equipment, and receiving, at a receiving transmission point, uplink data including a first identifier of an intended recipient from the user equipment, where the intended recipient is a first transmission point in the downlink serving set. The method also includes forwarding the uplink data to the intended recipient based on the first identifier. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088986 | System and Method for Coordinated Transmission - A method for operating a first communications controller serving a first device includes receiving channel information for a communications channel between the first communication controller and a second device served by a second communications controller, and determining a time-frequency resource, a duration, and a precoding constraint in accordance with the received channel information, the time-frequency resource, the duration, and the precoding constraint for use with a transmission of the first communications controller occurring within the time-frequency resource for the duration to reduce interference to a third device served by the second communications controller. The method also includes transmitting coordinated transmission information about the time-frequency resource, the duration, and the precoding constraint, to the second communication controller, and transmitting to the first device in accordance with the precoding constraint, the time-frequency resource, and the duration. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088979 | System and Method for Multiple Point Transmission in a Communications System - A system and method for multiple point transmission in a communications system are provided. A method for multiple point transmission operation comprises modifying a configuration of a radio bearer for use in a multiple point transmission to a user equipment according to operating condition information of the user equipment, reconfiguring the radio bearer according to the modified configuration, and initiating a multiple point transmission to the user equipment using the reconfigured radio bearer. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088960 | System and Method for Information Delivery with Multiple Point Transmission - A system and method for information delivery with multiple point transmission are provided. A method for detecting lost packets is provided. The method includes initiating a timer for a received packet at a receiving transmission point, where the timer is set according to a time value associated with the received packet. The method also includes determining that a delivery of the received packet has failed according to the timer elapsing, and transmitting a lost packet report to a primary transmission point that distributed the received packet to the receiving transmission point. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088953 | Failure Detection in the Multiprotocol Label Switching Multicast Label Switched Path's End-to-End Protection Solution - In one aspect, the invention includes, in a root node along a secondary label switching path, a computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory medium that when executed by a processor cause the root node to perform the following: establish a first data plane based failure detection session having an inactive status along a first label switching path (LSP) with at least one leaf node, receive a predetermined number of notification messages from the leaf node, wherein the predetermined number of notification messages indicate the failure of a second data plane based failure detection session along a second LSP from a second processor to the leaf node, and change the status of the first data plane based failure detection session to active along the first LSP upon receipt of the predetermined number of notification messages. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130084073 | Shared Wavelength Locker With A Periodic Transmission Filter In A Network Communication Path - An apparatus comprising a plurality of optical transmitters and a wavelength locker shared by the plurality of optical transmitters. A periodic transmission filter used for wavelength locker operations is in a network communication path and shapes optical transmissions from the plurality of optical transmitters to a network. An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to receive a pre-filter signal corresponding to part of an optical signal comprising a pilot tone and to receive a post-filter signal corresponding to a part of the optical signal that passes through a period transmission filter, wherein a filtered part of the optical signal is directed into a network. The processor is also configured to perform wavelength locking based on a quadrature detection technique that aligns an adiabatic logical one position of a modulated transmission signal with a spectral transmission peak of the period transmission filter. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083769 | Wireless Communication Control Channel Systems and Methods - Radio resources can be allocated in a manner avoiding a zero power problem by selecting one of two reference signals for control channel estimation, and transmitting the selected reference signal in a resource block (RB) or RB pair carrying the control channel. The two reference signals span common resource elements (REs) in the RB or RB pair. Alternatively, a zero power problem can be avoided by assigning modified WALSH codes to the two reference signals, and transmitting the two reference signals in the RB or RB pair carrying the control channel in accordance with their modified WALSH codes. The modified WALSH codes include complex constants having a non-zero phase difference with one another. A control channel can be evenly partitioned in accordance with a checkerboard partitioning technique. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130078927 | ROBUST TRANSCEIVER DESIGN - A system is provided for optimizing throughput in a communication system. During operation, the system receives, at a first antenna, estimated channel state information (CSI) at least one channel between the first antenna and at least one second antenna. The system obtains antenna correlation information associated with the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively. The system further calculates a set of noise terms associated with random noise for the at least one channel, and optimizes a configuration of beamformers for the first antenna and the at least one second antenna that maximizes a throughput of all antennas, in accordance with the estimated CSI, the obtained antenna correlation information, and the noise terms. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077970 | Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Operations to Support Wavelength Switched Optical Network Routing, Wavelength Assignment, and Impairment Validation - An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) configured for at least partial impairment aware routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) and to communicate with a path computation client (PCC) based on a PCE protocol (PCEP) that supports path routing, wavelength assignment (WA), and impairment validation (IV). The PCEP comprises at least one operation selected from the group consisting of a new RWA path request operation and a path re-optimization request operation. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a PCEP session with a PCC, receiving path computation information comprising RWA information and constraints from the PCC, and establishing impairment aware RWA (IA-RWA) based on the path computation information and a private impairment information for a vendor's equipment. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130077542 | Hybrid In-Band/Out-of-Band Relays - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a wireless relay device includes establishing a first connection to a base station using a first set of frequency bands, establishing a second connection to a user device using the first set of frequency bands, and establishing a third connection to the base station using a second set of frequency bands. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130075057 | GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM WITH EARTH GROUNDING COMPONENT - A geothermal system with earth grounding component for providing electrical grounding is introduced. The geothermal system includes: a geothermal component configured to perform heat exchange; wherein the geothermal component comprises at least one heat exchange tube configured to extend into an underground environment; and an earth grounding component configured to provide earth grounding for electronic equipment; wherein the earth grounding component includes at least one conductive rod coupled to and extended along the at least one heat exchange tube, and the at least one conductive rod is configured to electrically couple to a grounding interface of the electronic equipment. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130075056 | Modular System and Framework for Supporting an Enclosure - A structure for storing and cooling electronics comprising a frame support, an internal equipment chamber mounted to the frame support, wherein the internal equipment chamber comprises a tubelike structure defining openings in a front and a back of the internal equipment chamber, and wherein the internal equipment chamber is configured to support electronic equipment such that the weight of the electronic equipment is born by the frame support and not the internal equipment chamber, and a plurality of removable panels disposed around the frame such that a gap is formed between the exterior of the internal equipment chamber and the plurality of removable panels, wherein air may circulate in the gap between the internal equipment chamber and the plurality of removable panels to help regulate a temperature within the internal equipment chamber. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130070689 | Method and Apparatus for Uplink Control Signaling - A system, a device and a method for allocating A/N resources are disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises indicating an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (A/N) channel of a user equipment in a first cell, the A/N channel according to a first value and a second value, wherein the first value is determined by a physical layer parameter, wherein the second value is indicated by a high layer signaling, and wherein the A/N channel corresponds to a downlink transmission of a second cell. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070673 | System and Method for Cross-Layer Encapsulation Messaging - A method for mobile node operations includes communicating with a first point of attachment in a first radio network through a radio interface tuned to the first radio network, and encapsulating a first frame in a second radio network format within a media independent control frame. The method also includes transmitting the media independent control frame with the first frame in the second radio network format encapsulated therein to a second point of attachment in a second radio network using the radio interface tuned to the first radio network. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070627 | System and Method for Managing Contention in a Wireless Communications System - A method for transmitting to an access point includes receiving a selection condition and a selection contention period from the access point, and comparing the selection condition to a selection parameter. The method also includes contending for use of a transmission medium during the selection contention period if the selection parameter meets the selection condition. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130064315 | Progressive Feedback For High Resolution Limited Feedback Wireless Communication - A system and method is proposed for progressively quantizing channel state information for application in a MIMO (multiple input multiple output) communication system. A method includes computing an estimate of a communications channel between a subscriber unit and a base station, quantizing the estimate with a first codebook, thereby producing a first quantized estimate, quantizing an (n−1)-th quantized estimate with an n-th codebook, thereby producing an n-th quantized estimate, where n is an integer value ranging from 2 to R, R is a total number of quantizations of the estimate, wherein the n-th codebook is a localized codebook. The method also includes incrementing n, repeating the quantizing an (n−1)-th quantized estimate until n=R, and transmitting information based on the R quantized estimates to the base station. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130064166 | System and Method for Direct Multi-User Transmission - A method for transmitting to a plurality of responder stations includes transmitting a first direct link setup request message to a first responder station via an access point, the first direct link setup request message including a first group identifier, the first group identifier being received from a communications controller and being associated with the first responder station, and transmitting a second direct link setup request message to a second responder station via the access point, the second setup request message including a second group identifier, the second group identifier being received from the communications controller and being associated with the second responder station. The method also includes transmitting data to the first responder station and the second responder station in a single transmission. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130064088 | Apparatus and System for Packet Routing and Forwarding in an Interior Network - An apparatus comprising a network node coupled to an internal network comprising a plurality of internal nodes and configured to forward a packet designated to the internal network based on service reachability information that indicates at least one of the internal nodes for forwarding the packet to, wherein the service reachability information is sent and updated in a dynamic manner by the internal network. Also included is a network apparatus implemented method comprising receiving service reachability information from an internal network, maintaining the service reachability information in an interior Forwarding Information Base (iFIB), receiving a packet with a public destination address associated with the internal network; and forwarding the packet to appropriate locations in the internal network using the service reachability information in the iFIB. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063985 | Adaptive Dead Time Control Apparatus and Method for Switching Power Converters - An embodiment apparatus comprises a secondary synchronous rectifier and a secondary gate drive controller coupled to a transformer winding. The secondary gate drive controller is configured to generate a forward gate drive signal for the forward switch and generate a freewheeling gate drive signal for the freewheeling switch, wherein the secondary gate drive controller generates a dead time between the forward gate drive signal and the freewheeling gate drive signal. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063982 | Soft Transition Apparatus and Method for Switching Power Converters - An embodiment apparatus comprises a secondary synchronous rectifier and a secondary gate drive controller. The secondary gate drive controller coupled to a transformer winding comprises a secondary synchronous rectifier soft start signal generator configured to generate a plurality of soft start pulses, a pulse width modulation generator configured to generate a forward switch drive signal and a freewheeling switch drive signal based upon a signal across the transformer winding and a soft transition generator configured to generate a soft start freewheeling switch drive signal by gradually releasing the freewheeling switch drive signal during a soft start process. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063185 | Apparatus and Method for Pulse Width Modulation Control for Switching Power Converters - An embodiment apparatus comprises a first two-piecewise linear approximation generator and a second two-piecewise linear approximation generator coupled to an output of the first two-piece wise linear approximation generator. The second two-piecewise linear approximation generator generates a dead time inversely proportional to the output of the first two-piece wise linear approximation generator. A gate drive generator is configured to generate a primary switch drive signal and an auxiliary switch drive signal complementary to the primary switch drive signal. In addition, the dead time between the primary switch drive signal and the auxiliary switch drive signal is adjustable when the power converter operates in a light load condition. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130061009 | High Performance Free Buffer Allocation and Deallocation - The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a free list comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes is configured to store a plurality of node addresses, and wherein each of the plurality of node addresses corresponds to one node in the plurality of nodes. The disclosure further includes a method of memory management comprising using a free list comprising a plurality of nodes and storing a plurality of node addresses in at least one of the plurality of nodes, and wherein each of the plurality of node addresses corresponds to one node in the plurality of nodes. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060962 | Generalized Dual-Mode Data Forwarding Plane for Information-Centric Network - A networking system comprising a content router for an information-centric network (ICN) comprising a content store (CS), a pending interest table (PIT), a forwarding information base (FIB), and a plurality of interfaces, and configured to receive and forward interest from one or more users and data from one or more applications via the interfaces using a dual-mode data forwarding plane, and a plurality of next hop nodes of the ICN coupled to the content router and configured to forward the interest and data to the content router via the interfaces, wherein the dual-mode forwarding plane forwards the interest and data using the FIB without the CS and PIT for conversational traffic and using the CS, PIT, and FIB for content dissemination traffic. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060517 | Wireless Dongle Angular Position Sensor - An apparatus comprising a connector, a transceiver connected to the connector, and a processor configured to detect the connector's angular position relative to the transceiver based on a Hall voltage (V | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130058205 | System and Method for Wireless Communications - A system and method for wireless communications is provided. A method for operating in a communications network includes receiving a codebook, the codebook includes a plurality of codewords, and determining if the codebook satisfies a constant modulus property. The method also includes in response to determining that the codebook does not satisfy the constant modulus property, converting the codebook into a codebook satisfying the constant modulus property, and storing the codebook satisfying the constant modulus property. The method further includes storing the codebook in response to determining that the codebook does satisfy the constant modulus property, and causing to transmit a transmission to a communications device, wherein the transmission is encoded using a codeword in the stored codebook. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130055009 | System and Method for Providing Reliable Storage - A system and method for providing reliable storage are provided. A method for initiator operations includes storing information associated with an access attempt in a store, and accessing a storage system responsive to the access attempt, wherein the storage system includes a first storage node and a second storage node arranged in a sequential loop, and where the first storage node is accessed by an initiator. The method also includes determining if the access attempt completed successfully, deleting the information from the store if the access attempt completed successfully, and indicating an error if the access attempt did not complete successfully. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050879 | High Efficiency Bridgeless PFC Converter and Method - An embodiment bridgeless power factor correction circuit comprises a first boost converter and a second boost converter connected in parallel. A first switch is coupled between the input of the first boost converter and ground. A second switch is coupled between the input of the second boost converter and ground. Both the first switch and the second switch help to reduce the common mode noise of the bridgeless power factor correction circuit. The bridgeless power factor correction circuit further comprises two surge protection diodes coupled between the inputs of two boost converters and the output of the bridgeless power factor correction circuit. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050574 | System and Method for Retargeting Video Sequences - A system and method for retargeting video sequences are provided. A method for retargeting a video includes a plurality of frames includes determining saliency information for the plurality of frames, determining a cost metric for the video, and retargeting the video based on the cost metric to produce a retargeted video. The cost metric considers loss due to cropping, scaling, temporal factors, and spatial factors. The retargeting makes use of a crop window for each frame in the plurality of frames. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130049918 | Common Mode Choke Apparatus and Method - An embodiment integrated common mode choke comprises a magnetic core, a magnetic plate, a first winding coil and a second winding coil. The magnetic plate is inserted within an inner circumference of the magnetic core. The first winding coil and the second winding coil are wound are wound in the same direction through the magnetic core. The integrated common mode choke is equivalent to a common mode choke and a differential mode choke connected in series. The inductance value of the differential mode choke can be changed by adjusting either the gap between the magnetic plate and the magnetic core or the thickness of the magnetic plate. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130044755 | Scalable Packet Scheduling Policy for Vast Number of Sessions - An apparatus comprising a plurality of queues configured to cache a plurality of packets that correspond to a plurality of sessions, a scheduler configured to schedule the packets from the different queues for forwarding based on a finish time for each packet at the egress of each corresponding queue, and an egress link coupled to the scheduler and configured to forward the scheduled packets from all the queues at a total bandwidth that is shared among the queues, wherein the finish time is calculated dynamically based on the amount of bandwidth allocated for the corresponding queue, and wherein the queues are assigned corresponding weights for sharing the total bandwidth. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044678 | System and Method for Reducing Interference - A system and method for reducing interference are provided. A method for communications controller operations in a multi-carrier system includes generating information for a broadcast channel, preparing the information for transmission, selecting a location for an unoccupied subcarrier from a plurality of available locations, and placing the prepared information into a plurality of contiguous subcarriers, where the plurality of contiguous subcarriers includes the unoccupied subcarrier and a plurality of other subcarriers. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of contiguous subcarriers. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044598 | System and Method for Transmission Control Protocol Slow-Start - An embodiment of a system and method that uses inline measurements to probe available bandwidth for a transmission control protocol, and adaptively sets a slow-start threshold according to the available bandwidth. The method includes initializing a congestion window “cwnd,” sending cwnd packets, estimating an available bandwidth for the cwnd packets. The congestion window cwnd is set to a higher number, and the higher number of further packets is sent if the available bandwidth is greater than a first threshold level. The available bandwidth is re-estimated for the higher number of the further packets, and a soft start threshold “ssthresh” is set to the re-estimated available bandwidth. A statistical measure is calculated for the re-estimated available bandwidth, and the congestion window cwnd is set equal to ssthresh if a ratio of the statistical measure to the re-estimated available bandwidth is less than a second threshold level. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044595 | System and Method for Transmission Control Protocol Service Delivery in Wireless Communications Systems - A method for delivering packets in a wireless communications system includes determining a cause of loss for a previously transmitted packet based on a packet acknowledgement corresponding to the previously transmitted packet, the packet acknowledgement including at least one of a wireless loss indicator and a congestion warning indicator for the wireless communications system. The method also includes adjusting a transmission parameter in a packet transmission protocol according to the cause of loss, and retransmitting the previously transmitted packet. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130042053 | Method and Apparatus for Flexible RAID in SSD - A solid state drive (SSD) employing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) scheme includes a flash memory chip, erasable blocks in the flash memory chip, and a flash controller. The erasable blocks are configured to store flash memory pages. The flash controller is operably coupled to the flash memory chip. The flash controller is also configured to organize certain of the flash memory pages into a RAID line group and to write RAID line group membership information to each of the flash memory pages in the RAID line group. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130039387 | System and Method for Signaling and Transmitting Uplink Reference Signals - A system and method for signaling and transmitting uplink reference signals are provided. A method for communications controller operations includes signaling information about a set of sequence groups to a first communications device, where the first communications device uses a sequence in the set of sequence groups to modulate a reference signal. The method also includes selecting a sequence group from the set of sequence groups and signaling information about the selected sequence group to the first communications device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130039249 | Seamless Mobility Schemes in Named-Data Networking Using Multi-Path Routing and Content Caching - A content-centric-network (CCN)/named-data networking (NDN) system to support seamless mobility for a mobile node (MN) comprising a first point of attachment (PoA) configured to indicate to the MN that attaches to the first PoA one or more neighbor PoAs and to multicast an interest for content from the MN to the neighbor PoAs in a CCN or NDN when the MN starts a handoff procedure, and a second PoA from the one or more neighbor PoAs of the first PoA configured to receive the multicast interest from the first PoA, forward the interest to the CCN or NDN, receive content data from the CCN or NDN, and forward the content data to the MN. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130039215 | System and Method for Direct Multi-User Transmission - A method for transmitting to a plurality of responder stations includes configuring a first responder station for direct link communications, the first responder station being configured with a first group identifier and a first position. The method also includes configuring a second responder station for direct link communications, the second responder station being configured with a second group identifier and a second position. The method further includes transmitting to both the first responder station and the second responder station in a first single transmission, the first single transmission including first information for the first responder station and second information for the second responder station, where the first information is labeled with the first group identifier and located in the first position, and the second information is labeled with the second group identifier and located in the second position. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130034356 | Rogue Optical Network Unit Mitigation in Multiple-Wavelength Passive Optical Networks - A method implemented in an optical line terminal (OLT) for reducing adverse effects from a rogue optical network unit (ONU) in a passive optical network (PON), comprising determining with a processor that the rogue ONU is transmitting in violation of pre-specified parameters, and sending at least one message to a plurality of ONUs to change a transmitting wavelength from a first wavelength to a second wavelength. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130034133 | Low Complexity, Optimized Power Management Scheme for Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line Transceivers 2 - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to determine a power management (PM) state from a plurality of PM states for a digital subscriber line (DSL) transceiver, wherein the plurality of PM states comprise a idle state, a full on state, and a low power state, wherein the full on state consumes more power than the low power state, wherein the low power state consumes more power than the idle state, wherein the low power state comprises at least one PM profile, and wherein the DSL transceiver supports a very high speed digital subscriber line 2 (VDSL2) data transmission protocol, and instruct the DSL transceiver to use the PM state. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130034108 | System and Method for Communications Network Configuration - A method for operating a first communications device includes transmitting a provisioned network list to an access router, and receiving a logical router interface address for each network in the provisioned network list. The method also includes transmitting a first message to one of the logical router interface addresses corresponding to a first selected network, receiving a first address prefix for a first gateway router of the first selected network, and transmitting a first packet to a second communications device, the first packet including the first address prefix as a source prefix. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130034103 | System and Method for Finding Segments of Path for Label Switched Path Crossing Multiple Domains - An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) associated with a domain in a network and configured to find a segment of a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Path (LSP) that crosses a plurality of domains in the network using a Constraint Shortest Path First (CSPF) algorithm or a reverse CSPF algorithm that computes a plurality of shortest paths in the domain of which the segment is selected, wherein the CSPF algorithm or the reverse CSPF algorithm is selected to reduce the number of shortest path computations in the domain based on the number of starting nodes and ending nodes that are considered for computing the shortest paths in the domain. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033786 | High Efficiency Power Regulator and Method - An embodiment high efficiency power regulator comprises a three-terminal converter and a protection device. The three-terminal converter comprises a first terminal coupled to a positive terminal of an input voltage bus, a second terminal coupled to a positive terminal of an output voltage bus and a third terminal coupled to the protection device. The protection device comprises an inrush current limiting element connected in series with a reverse polarity protection device. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130031244 | Greening the Network with the Power Consumption Statuses of Network Components - In an embodiment, the disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a data store which comprises cost data associated with use of a path in a communications network. The data store also comprises power consumption data associated with the use of the path. The apparatus further comprises at least one processor configured to determine a score for the path based on the cost data and the power consumption data. The disclosure also includes an apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) configured to receive data from a plurality of network elements (NEs). The data comprises cost and power consumption data for establishing a path between a plurality of the NEs. The PCE is configured to determine a score for the path based on the cost and power consumption data. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130028120 | System and Method for Measuring and Reporting Uplink Channel Condition - A method for reporting channel condition includes receiving an initial configuration identifying a group of assessment devices, and determining a channel condition for each communications channel between one of the assessment devices and the transmission point. The method also includes comparing each of the channel conditions with a first threshold, and transmitting a report to a network entity if at least one of the channel conditions meets the first threshold. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130024599 | Method and Apparatus for SSD Storage Access - A media management system including an application layer, a system layer, and a solid state drive (SSD) storage layer. The application layer includes a media data analytics application configured to assign a classification code to a data file. The system layer is in communication with the application layer. The system layer includes a file system configured to issue a write command to a SSD controller. The write command includes the classification code of the data file. The SSD storage layer includes the SSD controller and erasable blocks. The SSD controller is configured to write the data file to one of the erasable blocks based on the classification code of the data file in the write command. In an embodiment, the SSD controller is configured to write the data file to one of the erasable blocks storing other data files also having the classification code. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024107 | Proactive Navigation Techniques to Improve Users' Mobile Network Access - A method for determining a path for a user of a mobile device for traveling from an origination location to a destination location, comprising receiving a request for a recommended path from the origination location to the destination location, wherein the request comprises a origination location, a destination location, and a network quality constraint, receiving network access point information for access points between the origination location and the destination location, and generating, with a processor, at least one recommended path from the origination location to the destination location based on the request and the network access point information, wherein the recommended path satisfies the network quality constraint. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130023268 | System and Method for Communications Device and Network Component Operation - A system and method for communications device and network component operation in an ID/Locator Split Based heterogeneous network is provided. A method for control node operation includes receiving an attach request, and attempting to authenticate/authorize the communications node. The attach request is a request from a communications node to attach to a heterogeneous network. The method also includes if the communications node authenticated/authorized successfully, causing an identification and a location to be assigned for the communications node, completing an attachment for the communications node, and transmitting information to the communications node. The method further includes if the communications node did not authenticate/authorize successfully, sending an attach reject message to the communications node. The identification and the location are separate values. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021944 | Method to Pass Virtual Local Area Network Information in Virtual Station Interface Discovery and Configuration Protocol - An apparatus comprising an edge virtual bridging (EVB) bridge, and an EVB station coupled to the EVB bridge, wherein the EVB station is configured to send to the EVB bridge a virtual station interface (VSI) discovery and configuration protocol (VDP) request comprising a filter information (info) field without specifying a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID), and wherein the EVB bridge is configured to send a VLAN ID (VID) to the EVB station in a second filter info field in a VDP response to the VDP request. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130016912 | Image Topological Coding for Visual Search - A method and an apparatus for processing an image generate a first vector of a first number dimension for the image from a first number of points of the image based on topological information of the first number of points, and the first vector for the image is invariant to rotation and scaling in creating the image. The first number of points may be locations of a set of rotation and scaling invariant feature points for the image, and the generated first vector may be a graph spectrum of a pair-wise distance matrix generated from the first number of points of the image. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016908 | System and Method for Compact Descriptor for Visual Search - A method and an apparatus for processing an image generates, using a linear embedding operator, a second set of feature points from a first set of feature points of the image, so that a pair-wise nearest neighbor (NN) topological relationship among the first set of feature points is preserved in the second set of feature points. The linear embedding operator is determined by an affinity model comprising a first affinity parameter, a second affinity parameter, and an affinity matrix, wherein a sparsity of the affinity matrix is controlled by the first affinity parameter and the second affinity parameter. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016777 | Pixel-Based Intra Prediction for Coding in HEVC - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive a video frame comprising a current block, wherein the current block comprises a plurality of original pixels, compute a plurality of reconstructed pixels based on the original pixels, and use an intra prediction mode to generate a set of prediction pixels based on a set of reconstructed pixels in the plurality of reconstructed pixels. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016695 | Method and Apparatus for Seamless Mobility Techniques in Content-Centric Network - A networking system for a content-centric-network (CCN)/named-data networking (NDN) comprising a first point of attachment (PoA) configured to communicate with a mobile node (MN) and maintain a forwarding state for the MN to support seamless mobility for the MN, and a second PoA configured to communicate with the MN and obtain the forwarding state for the MN from the first PoA after a handoff of the MN from the first PoA to the second PoA, wherein the forwarding state is used to exchange a plurality of interests and a plurality of data responses between the MN and the CCN/NDN. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016605 | Procedures for Finding a Backup Ingress of a Point-to-Multipoint Label Switched Path - A method comprising receiving a request from a network component to find a backup ingress node for an ingress node of a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) label switched path (LSP), determining a plurality of candidate backup ingress nodes that satisfy a plurality of constraints, including being an edge node in the ingress node's domain and having a direct link to the ingress node, a path to each next hop node of the ingress node of the P2MP LSP, and a path from a source node that communicates with the ingress node, wherein the determination is in response to receiving the request, selecting the backup ingress node from the candidate backup ingress nodes that has a minimum cost of paths from the source node to the next hop nodes via the backup ingress node; and sending a reply to the network component that indicates the selected backup ingress node. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130013888 | Method and Appartus For Index-Based Virtual Addressing - An apparatus comprising a memory configured to store a routing table and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to generate a request to access at least a section of an instance, assign an index to the request based on the instance, lookup an entry in the routing table based on the index, wherein the entry comprises a resource bit vector, and identify a resource comprising at least part of the section of the instance based on the resource bit vector. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010836 | System and Method for Communicating Reference Signals - A method for communicating DM-RS symbols to support MIMO transmissions having five or more layers of spatial multiplexing. A first subframe is communicated carrying two leading symbols of a first length-4 OCC sequence and two leading symbols of a second length-4 OCC sequence, and a second subframe is communicated carrying two trailing symbols of the first length-4 OCC and two trailing symbols of the second length-4 OCC sequence. Optionally four length-2 OCCs can be carried in a similar manner or, alternatively, in different frequency bands or resource block pairs of a common subframe. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010612 | Impairment Aware Path Computation Element Method and System - The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising: a path computation element (PCE) comprising a processor configured to: receive a path computation element protocol (PCEP) path computation request from a path computation client (PCC), wherein the path computation request comprises an impairment validation request that directs the PCE to perform an impairment validation of a network path; after receiving the path computation request, compute a network path; and perform an impairment validation of the network path specified by the impairment validation request. In another embodiment, the disclosure includes a method comprising: sending, by a PCC a PCEP path computation request to a PCE, wherein the request directs the PCE to perform routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) and a first impairment validation of a network path, wherein the request comprises a type of signal quality of the network path which indicates the first type of impairment validation to be performed. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20120327818 | Full Duplex Transmission Method for High Speed Backplane System - An integrated circuit (IC) for a backplane serializer/deserializer (SerDes) system, comprising a first transmitter configured to send first data at a data rate to a second receiver in a second IC, a first receiver configured to receive second data at the data rate from a second transmitter in the second IC, wherein each of a first link and a second link is to the first transmitter, the first receiver, the second transmitter, and the second receiver, and wherein both the first link and the second link combined are configured to transfer the first data from the first transmitter to the second receiver and transfer the second data from the second transmitter to the first receiver at the data rate. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327775 | Protocol Independent Multicast with Quality of Service Support - An apparatus comprising a network node configured to communicate with a plurality of other network nodes via one or more logic links using protocol independent multicast (PIM), wherein the network node is further configured to transmit a PIM message comprising quality of service (QoS) data to at least one of the other network nodes. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving, by a first network node, a first PIM join message comprising QoS data from a second network node, wherein the second network node is downstream from the first network node. Also disclosed is a method comprising: sending, by a first network node, a first PIM message comprising QoS data to a second network node, wherein the second network node is upstream from the first network node. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327764 | Protocol Independent Multicast Last Hop Router Discovery - Disclosed is an apparatus comprising a first network node configured to transmit a first message to a second network node, wherein the first message comprises data designating the first network node as a member of a first multicast channel, and wherein the first message comprises data indicating a network address a third network node that is designated as a last hop router (LHR) of the first multicast channel. Also disclosed is a method comprising sending, by a first network node, a protocol independent multicast (PIM) join message, wherein the PIM join message comprises the network address of a PIM channel last hop router (LHR). | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327759 | Internet Group Management Protocol Version Three for Quality of Service Support - The disclosure includes a method comprising: receiving, by a first network element, a first communication from a client device, wherein the first communication comprises a multicast channel membership query report and QoS data. The disclosure also includes a method comprising: receiving, by a first network element, a first communication from a client device, wherein the first communication comprises a multicast channel membership query report and QoS data. The disclosure also includes an apparatus comprising: a client device connected to a network element and a network via the first network element, wherein the client device is configured to send a multicast channel membership report indicating the client device wishes to receive a multicast channel communication and indicating requested QoS data relating to the multicast channel communication. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327597 | Hybrid Cooling Design for Modular Systems - A system and method for chassis cooling is provided. A preferred embodiment comprises an orthogonal backplane along with a hybrid cooling air flow. One air flow is routed horizontally through aligned and suitable openings on the backplane, vertically over components to be cooled, and horizontally out of the chassis. A second air flow is routed horizontally over components and through aligned and suitable openings on the backplane before it is routed horizontally out of the chassis. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120324442 | System and Method for an In-Server Virtual Switch - In accordance with an embodiment, a data processing system includes a processor, a memory, and an interface port configured to be coupled to a hardware network interface device. The processor is configured to run a process that maps network switching functions of each of a plurality of virtual machines to the hardware network interface device. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120324083 | Cloud Service Control and Management Architecture Expanded to Interface the Network Stratum - Disclosed is an apparatus comprising: a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, wherein the CSCG is configured to couple to a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, and wherein the CSCG is configured to transmit a destination address list and a first network resource requirement to the NCG. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising: a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, wherein the NCG is configured to couple to a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, and wherein the NCG is configured to receive a communication from the CSCG comprising a destination address list comprising a plurality of destination addresses and a network resource requirement. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120324082 | Cloud Service Control and Management Architecture Expanded to Interface the Network Stratum - Disclosed is a method comprising: transmitting, by a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, a resource query to a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, wherein the resource query comprises a source address, a destination address list, and a network resource requirement. Also disclosed is a method comprising: receiving, by a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, a resource query from a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, wherein the resource query comprises source address, a destination address list, and a network resource requirement. Also disclosed is a method comprising: receiving, by a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, a resource reservation request from a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, wherein the resource reservation request comprises a destination address list and a first network resource requirement. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120322493 | System and Method for Uplink Power Control in a Communications System - A system and method for power control in a communications system are provided. A method for controller operations includes determining a power level for a communications device, and adjusting the power level for the communications device to increase a bandwidth utilization of the communications device, where the adjusting is based on a minimum performance metric for the communications device. The method also includes signaling the adjusted power level to the communications device. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321319 | Method of Efficiently and Safely Adding and Deleting Channels in an Amplified Wavelength Division Multiplexing System - An apparatus comprising one or more optical amplifiers coupled to an optical link and configured to amplify a plurality of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) channels that are transmitted at a plurality of wavelengths on the optical link, and a processor coupled to the optical link and configured to add, delete, or both a plurality of WDM channels in the optical link based on an allowed power ratio indication for the WDM channels, wherein the allowed power ratio indication is calculated based on a plurality of gain change representations for the WDM channels at a plurality of power ratios and on a link budget requirement for the optical link. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321308 | Extending Path Computation Element Protocol to Accommodate Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Wavelength Switched Optical Networks - A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a request to compute a routing assignment, a wavelength assignment, or both for a signal in a wavelength switched optical network, wherein the request comprises a lightpath constraint and wherein the request is transmitted using a path computation element protocol. Also disclosed is a network comprising a first path computation element (PCE) and a path computation client (PCC) in communication with the PCE, wherein the PCC is configured to send a request to and receive a reply from the PCE using a PCE protocol, wherein the request comprises a lightpath constraint. Included is a method comprising sending a discovery advertisement to the at least one PCE that calculates a wavelength assignment, receiving a response comprising a PCE capability information from the PCE, wherein the request and the reply are communicated via a PCE protocol. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320974 | Mode Dependent Intra Smoothing Filter Table Mapping Methods for Non-Square Prediction Units - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is not equal to a height of the rectangular PU. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120317655 | Method for Flexible Data Protection with Dynamically Authorized Data Receivers in a Content Network or in Cloud Storage and Content Delivery Services - A networking system comprising an application service that runs on a cloud infrastructure and is configured to receive dual encrypted content from a content provider and re-encrypt the dual encrypted content to enable dynamic user group control for group-based user authorization, and a cloud storage service coupled to the application service and configured to store the dual encrypted content from the content provider and the re-encrypted dual encrypted content from the application service, wherein the application service and the storage service are configured to communicate and operate with a content delivery service that uses a content delivery network (CDN) to deliver the re-encrypted content to one or more users in a group authorized by the content provider. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317307 | Method and Apparatus for Content Identifier Based Radius Constrained Cache Flooding to Enable Efficient Content Routing - A networking system comprising a plurality of content routers coupled to each other and to a plurality of providers and configured to route and cache content data, wherein the content routers are further configured to locate and route requested content to a user node coupled to the content routers, wherein the providers are configured to publish content and the content routers are further configured to receive and cache the content data in response to an interest request for content and to flood a content identifier for the content data to a plurality of neighboring content routers within a specified radius, wherein the content identifier enables the plurality of neighboring content routers to determine a nearest location from which to obtain the content data to enable efficient content routing. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317303 | System and Method of Media Content Streaming with a Multiplexed Representation - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a streaming media client includes electronically receiving from network information regarding component access points of a first multiplexed representation of a streaming content. The first multiplexed representation of the streaming content includes a plurality of media components, and each component access point defines an independently coded access point for one of the plurality of media components. The method further includes selecting a first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content based on the information regarding the component access points, and requesting the selected first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content from the network. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313595 | Power Converter Package Structure and Method - An embodiment power converter package comprises a semiconductor die, an output inductor, a plurality of input capacitors and output capacitors. The semiconductor die, the output inductor and the plurality of capacitors are mounted on a lead frame and connected one to another through various pads on the lead frame. The semiconductor die comprises a high side switch, a low side switch and a driver. The power converter package is electrically coupled to an external pulse width modulation controller through a variety of input and output pads. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120309339 | System and Method for Temporarily Reconfiguring a Communications System to Provide Selected Services - A system and method for temporarily reconfiguring a communications system to provide selected services are provided. A method for temporarily providing selected services by a cell of a communications system includes receiving a first command, changing an operating mode of the cell responsive to the first command, and indicating the operating mode to a first selected device and a first non-selected device. The cell operating in the operating mode serves the first selected device based on the first command, and the first non-selected device is a selected device prior to the change in the operating mode and is capable of accessing the cell before the cell changes the operating mode responsive to the first command and is not capable of accessing the cell after the cell changes the operating mode responsive to the first command. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120308179 | Method and Apparatus for Colorless Add - An apparatus comprising a plurality of switches coupled to a plurality of corresponding colorless laser transmitters, an odd channel coupler coupled to each of the switches, an even channel coupler coupled to each of the switches, and an interleaver coupled to the odd channel coupler and the even channel coupler. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a coupler coupled to a plurality of colorless laser transmitters, a first interleaver coupled to the coupler, and a second interleaver coupled to the first interleaver. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising an odd channel coupler coupled to a plurality of first laser transmitters, an even channel coupler coupled to a plurality of second laser transmitters, and an interleaver coupled to the odd channel coupler and the even channel coupler. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120300648 | System and Method for Monitoring Dropped Packets - A system and method for monitoring dropped packets are provided. A method for communications device operations includes receiving a sequence of packets from a transmitting station, where each packet in the sequence of packets includes a protocol layer packet for each protocol layer of multi-layered network. The method also includes determining if a packet in the sequence of packets has been dropped by the transmitting station, where the determining is based on at least two sets of sequence numbers associated with different protocol layers of packets in the sequence of packets. The method further includes updating a packet discard counter based on the determining. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299173 | Thermally Enhanced Stacked Package and Method - A package-on-package (PoP) device is provided. The device includes a first package with a first chip mounted on a first substrate, a heat spreader stacked on the first package, the heat spreader in thermal contact with the first chip, and a second package stacked on the heat spreader. In an embodiment, the heat spreader is formed using carbon fibers to provide good lateral thermal conductivity. In an embodiment, ends of the heat spreader project beyond a periphery of the first and second packages. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120298341 | System and Method for Isolating Components in an Enclosure - A system and method for isolating equipment within a cabinet. The system comprising an internal fan disposed within an internal chamber and an external fan disposed outside the internal chamber. The internal fan and the external fan are driven by a corresponding motor disposed within the internal chamber, wherein each motor independently rotates the internal fan and the external fan. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120297088 | Selective Content Routing and Storage Protocol for Information-Centric Network - A network component comprising a receiver configured to receive an advertisement for a content name for content associated with a list of secured router identifiers (SRIDs) that indicates a plurality of content routers authorized for routing and caching the content, a processor configured to determine whether to flood the advertisement to a plurality of neighboring nodes if a locally assigned SRID is included in the list of SRIDs received in the advertisement or to drop the advertisement otherwise, a transmitter configured to flood the advertisement on a plurality of ports coupled to the neighboring nodes, and a storage configured to cache received content if the received content is associated with the locally assigned SRID. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120294189 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Distributed Home Agents in a Mobile IP Environment - Included is an apparatus comprising a first network node in a first network configured to act as a home agent (HA) for a mobile node (MN), wherein the first network is one of a plurality of networks that connect to the MN, and wherein a second network that connects to the MN comprises a second network node configured to act as a second HA for the MN. Also included is a method comprising receiving, by a first network node, a binding update message, wherein the first network node is in a first network, and wherein the first network node is configured to act as a HA for a MN; and sending, by the first network node, a binding acknowledgement, wherein the binding update message comprises a multicast state of the MN. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120290696 | Method and System for Longest Prefix Matching of Variable-Sized Hierarchial Names by Treelets - A method for determining a location of a requested resource, comprising receiving a request for a resource, wherein the resource is identified by a hierarchically structured name, decomposing the hierarchically structured name into a plurality of segments, comparing each of the plurality of segments to parent nodes of a plurality of two-level treelets, wherein the comparing of at least two of the plurality of segments to parent nodes of the plurality of two-level treelets is performed in a parallel manner, wherein combinations of two-level treelets comprise a hierarchical name of a network resource, and determining a longest prefix match of the hierarchically structured name. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290650 | System and Method for Peer to Peer Communications in Cellular Communications Systems - A system and method for peer-to-peer communications in cellular communications systems are provided. A method for communications device operations includes receiving a peer list at a communications device, where the peer list includes a list of reachable communications devices and device-to-device (D2D) capability information of the reachable communications devices, selecting a peer from the peer list, sending a content request comprising an indication of a content to a communications controller serving the communications device, and receiving the content from the peer over a channel established by the communications controller. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290555 | Method, System and Apparatus of Hybrid Federated Search - A client device comprising a search module configured to receive a search instruction from a federated search server, query one or more search services based on the search instruction, receive a first search result that comprises one or more search results from one or more search services, send the first search result to the federated search server, and receive a second search result from the federated search server. Also disclosed is a federated search server comprising a search instruction generator configured to send a search instruction to a client device, and a search result consolidator configured to receive a first search result from the client device, wherein the first search result comprises one or more search results and is obtained by the client device from one or more search services. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120288095 | System and Method for Mobility Management in a Communications System - A method for maintaining routing information for a wireless device includes determining, by a target communications controller, an original address of the wireless device handed over from a source communications controller, where the original address is assigned by an original communications controller. The method also includes updating, by the target communications controller, routing information associated with the wireless device using a border gateway protocol message if the original address lies within a range of addresses managed by a communications system including the target communications controller and an aggregation router, where the routing information is stored at the aggregation router. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120282964 | System and Method for Multi-Cell Access - A system and method for multi-cell access are provided. A method includes transmitting at least one control channel to a communications device. The at least one control channel includes control information, and the transmitting is performed by at least one cell in a subset of a cooperating set. The method also includes transmitting to the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device, or receiving from the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device. The transmitting is performed by at least one other cell in the cooperating set, or the receiving is performed by the at least one other cell in the cooperating set. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281761 | System and Method for Macroblock Transcoding - An embodiment method of transcoding a macroblock coded in one of a Skip mode and a Direct mode includes recording a first reference frame index and a first motion vector corresponding to the macroblock during a decoding process and deriving a second reference frame index and a second motion vector corresponding to the macroblock during an encoding process. The method further includes comparing the first reference frame index to the second reference frame index and the first motion vector to the second motion vector during the encoding process. If the comparing achieves a predetermined criteria, the Skip mode and the Direct mode are reused to encode the macroblock during the encoding process. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281748 | Rate Control for Cloud Transcoding - A method implemented by an apparatus for video transcoding comprising receiving video data intended for encoding, splitting the video data into a plurality of segments of appropriate sizes to enable distributed encoding by a plurality of video transcoders, obtaining rate control information for each of the segments by calculating related video statistics for each of the segments with subsequent segments in a determined time period, calculating an assigned bit rate to each of the segments based on the obtained rate control information, embedding the assigned bit rate to each of the segments, and forwarding the segments to a plurality of corresponding video transcoders, wherein the embedded assigned bit rate in each of the segments is extracted by the corresponding video transcoders to perform video rate control and enables the video transcoders to improve video quality and reduce rate fluctuation when encoding the segments. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281636 | System and Method for Mapping Data Symbols - A system and method for mapping data symbols are provided. A method for communications device operations includes transmitting resource element utilization information to a communications device, and mapping symbols intended for the communications device to the plurality of resource elements. The resource element utilization information includes utilization information for a subset of resource elements out of a plurality of resource elements, the subset of resource elements corresponds to other resource elements of at least one other cell within a cooperating set, and the other resource elements are carrying specified signals. The mapping is based on the resource element utilization, and the mapping is performed by at least one cell within the cooperating set. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281603 | Transmit Phase Control for the Echo Cancel Based Full Duplex Transmission System - A network component comprising a transmitter configured to transmit data at a transmitter phase, a receiver configured to receive data at a receiver, and a phase delay component coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to control the transmitter phase relative to the receiver phase to maintain distortion in the transmitted data below a threshold, wherein the threshold is less than a maximum possible distortion in the transmitted data. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120281139 | System and Method for Video Caption Re-Overlaying for Video Adaptation and Retargeting - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of processing an electronic image having caption text includes receiving the electronic source image, detecting the caption text in the electronic source image, reformatting the electronic source image, reformatting the caption text, and overlaying the reformatted caption text on the reformatted electronic image to form a resultant image. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120278441 | System and Method for Quality of Experience Estimation - A system and method for quality of experience estimation are provided. A method for communications device operations includes selecting a portion of a media content stream, processing the portion to produce a processed portion, generating a signature from the processed portion, transmitting the signature, and transmitting the media content stream. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275787 | Method and System of Centralized Control and Management for Fiber Channel Over Ethernet Networks - A fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network component, comprising a first FCoE data forwarder (FDF) configured to couple to a second FDF and to a third FDF, wherein the first FDF is configured to receive a FCoE frame from the second FDF and send the FCoE frame to the third FDF, wherein the frame comprises a destination address and a fiber channel (FC) payload, and wherein the first FDF does not change the destination address of the frame when the first FDF forwards the frame to the third FDF. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275576 | Optimal Downstream Power Back-Off For Digital Subscriber Lines - A method comprising determining a plurality of power spectrum density (PSD) profiles for a plurality of cabinet-deployed digital subscriber lines (DSLs) comprising jointly and iteratively determining a plurality of cutoff frequencies based on crosstalk coupling parameters among the DSLs, wherein the cutoff frequencies and PSD profiles are in one to one correspondence, and wherein each profile comprises a reduced PSD portion below the cutoff frequency of the profile and a maximum PSD portion above the cutoff frequency. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275467 | Method and System of Centralized Control and Management for Fiber Channel Over Ethernet Networks - A first fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data forwarder (FDF), comprising a memory coupled to a processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that cause the processor to receive a base forwarding table from an FCoE controller and manager (FCM), wherein the FDF comprise a plurality of ports, and wherein the first FDF uses the base forwarding table to determine which of the ports to send a first FCoE data frame comprising fiber channel (FC) data, receive a second FCoE data frame comprising a media access control (MAC) address, a port identifier, and FC data, and update the base forwarding table using the MAC address and the port identifier. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275461 | Systems and Methods for Implementing Multi-Topology Support for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) of a Multiprotocol Label Switching Network - System and method for support multiple topology in Label Distribution Protocol of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network are disclosed. The system includes a number of network elements and a communication mechanism used to connect the network elements. The network elements discover LDP peers within the network topology, and create and maintain LDP sessions for each of the network topologies. The network elements further establish LSPs by mapping network layer routing information within each network topology to data link layer switches paths. Furthermore, the communication mechanism enables the network elements to advertise the multi-topology capability and exchange the mapping information of label and FECs within each network topology. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275339 | Method and System of Centralized Control and Management for Fiber Channel Over Ethernet Networks - A method implemented in an FCoE controller and manager (FCM) coupled to a first fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data forwarder (FDF), the method comprising sending to the first FDF a first Controlling FDF Information (CFI) request that requests the name of the first FDF, receiving from the first FDF a first CFI acceptance comprising the name of the first FDF, receiving from the first the second CFI acceptance associated with a second FDF, wherein the first CFI acceptance and the second CFI acceptance allow the FCM to develop topology information for a FCoE network comprising the FCM, the first FDF, and the second FDF, creating a first base forwarding table for the first FDF, and creating a second base forwarding table for the second FDF, wherein the second base forwarding table is different than the first base forwarding table. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120275301 | Port and Priority Based Flow Control Mechanism for Lossless Ethernet - An apparatus comprising an aggregation/core switch configure to couple to an edge switch and receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of the edge switch, wherein the information about the end system facing ports is used to associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues at the aggregation/core switch. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of an edge switch, a processor configured to establish and associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues, and a transmitter configured to return information about the associated end system facing ports. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274364 | Method and Apparatus of Using Time-Domain Interpoolators for Sampling Time Adjustment, Sampling Rate Change, and Sampling Misalignment Compensation in Optical Communications - An apparatus comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a frequency-domain equalizer (FDEQ); a time-domain interpolator positioned between the ADC and the FDEQ, wherein the time domain interpolator is coupled to the ADC and the FDEQ and configured to perform a time-domain interpolation to compensate a signal sample for a plurality of ADC induced changes. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120272309 | Method and Apparatus for Fast Check and Update of Anti-Replay Window Without Bit-Shifting in Internet Protocol Security - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement an anti-replay check for a plurality of received packets and a plurality of corresponding sequence numbers; and a circular buffer coupled to the processor and comprising a bitmap, wherein the bitmap is slided in a circular manner by updating a low index that points to a first sequence number for a first received packet and a high index that points to a last sequence number for a last received packet without bit-shifting, and wherein, when the update results in the new value of one of the low index and the high index exceeding the end of the circular buffer, the one of the low index and the high index wraps around from the beginning of the circular buffer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120269519 | Apparatus and Method to Calculate a Noise Figure of an Optical Amplifier for Wavelength Channels in a Partial-Fill Scenario to Account for Channel Loading - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to calculate a noise figure of an optical amplifier for a plurality of selected wavelength channels in a partial-fill scenario that accounts for channel loading. The noise figure is calculated using a plurality of corresponding noise figure correction values at a plurality of wavelengths based on an effective number of channels. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120263210 | System and Method for Two-way Relaying with Beamforming - A system and method for two-way relaying with beamforming are provided. A method for relay operations includes estimating communications channels between a relay and communications devices coupled to the relay, storing data contained in the transmissions, storing data contained in the transmissions, precoding a transmission including a subset of the stored data with a precoding matrix, and transmitting the precoded transmission. The estimating is based on transmissions made by the communications devices in the subset of communications devices, and the precoding matrix is based on estimates of the communications channels. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120257902 | Device and Method for Optical Beam Combination - An optical apparatus includes a first beam combining device arranged to receive a first optical beam having a first wavelength at a first location and a second optical beam output having a second wavelength at a second location. The second optical beam has a polarization that is substantially orthogonal to a polarization of the first optical beam. The first beam combining device configured to output a first combined beam that comprises a combination of the first optical beam and the second optical beam. An optical element is arranged to receive the first combined beam and a second combined beam and to transmit an output beam that includes a combination of the first combined beam and the second combined beam. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257618 | Method for Expanding a Single Chassis Network or Computing Platform Using Soft Interconnects - A system and method for expanding a chassis network using soft interconnects, including a hybrid chassis comprising a first fabric card comprising a first switching fabric, a second fabric card comprising a second switching fabric, a first set of line cards coupled to the first switching fabric via a first set of hard connections, and coupled to an interface associated with the second switching fabric via a soft connection, and a second set of line cards coupled to the second fabric card. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120252447 | System and Method for Transmitting and Receiving Control Channels - A method for transmitting resource allocation information to a wireless node in a communications system includes selecting a search space from one of a first search space and a second search space, the first search space associated with a first set of control channel parameters and the second search space associated with a second set of control channel parameters. The method also includes modulating the first control information, and mapping the modulated first control information onto the selected search space in a first subframe, where at least one of modulating the first control information and mapping the modulated first control information is according to a selected set of control channel parameters associated with the selected search space. The method further includes transmitting the first subframe to the wireless node, and transmitting a first parameter indicator identifying the selected set of control channel parameters to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120251114 | Optical Network Terminal Management and Control Interface Over Ethernet - An apparatus comprising a data framer configured to frame an external protocol extension message for transmission, the external protocol extension message comprising a header that indicates an external protocol extension and at least one type-length-value (TLV) comprising a type field, a length field, and a value field, wherein a format of the TLV is specified by a specific organization, and wherein the value field comprises information related to protocol functions external to the network. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one component configured to implement a method comprising compiling an external protocol extension message comprising a plurality of TLVs and a header that indicates an external protocol extension, and transmitting the external protocol message. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250743 | Spatial Mode Adaptation at the Cell Edge Using Interferer Spatial Correlation - A system and method is proposed for adapting the spatial transmission strategy in a cellular MIMO (multiple input multiple output) communication system for the downlink. Spatial mode adaptation, the choice of multiplexing, transmit diversity, number of streams, space-time code family, and the like are performed slowly based on side information from other base stations. Base stations exchange their transmission plans with neighboring base stations and broadcast this information to active users. Each user measures its susceptibility to spatial interference and returns this information to the base station. The base station then schedules active users according to the decisions made in interfering base stations and the preferred transmission strategies of its own users. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250642 | System and Method for Transmission and Reception of Control Channels - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node includes determining, by a communications controller, a first resource assignment parameter according to a pseudo-random sequence derived from an identifier, and mapping, by the communications controller, using the first resource assignment parameter, a demodulation reference signal associated with the wireless node onto a first resource located in a data region of a subframe. The method also includes mapping, by the communications controller, modulated control information associated with the wireless node onto a second resource located in the data region of the subframe, and transmitting, by the communications controller, the subframe to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250641 | System and Method for Signaling a Location of a Control Channel - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node in a communications system includes mapping, by a communications controller, the control information onto resources associated with a wireless node specific search space, the wireless node specific search space being located in a first data region of a first subframe, the first subframe including a first common search space in addition to the wireless node specific search space. The method also includes generating, by the communications controller, a location indicator identifying a location of the wireless node specific search space. The method further includes transmitting, by the communications controller, the first subframe to the wireless node, and transmitting, by the communications controller, the location indicator to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250583 | Multi-Protocol Label Switching Multi-Topology Support - A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a packet, determining whether the packet comprises a topology label, and adding the topology label to the packet if the packet does not comprise the topology label. Included is a method comprising routing a plurality of packets corresponding to a plurality of forwarding equivalence classes (FECs) over a plurality of network topologies using a topology label and plurality of forwarding labels for each network topology. Also included is a network comprising a plurality of nodes in communication with each other and having a plurality of network topologies, wherein at least some of the nodes are configured to route data packets for a plurality of FECs along a path in each network topology using a topology label corresponding to each network topology and an inner label corresponding to each FEC. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250551 | System and Method for Transmission and Reception of Control Channels in a Communications System - A method for transmitting control information to a wireless node includes determining, by a communications controller, a region for the control information in a subframe as at least one of a data region and a control region of the subframe. The method also includes modulating, by the communications controller, the control information, and mapping, by the communications controller, the modulated control information onto resources of the subframe according to the determined region. The method further includes transmitting, by the communications controller, the subframe to the wireless node. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120250500 | Apparatus and Method for Spare Capacity Allocation on Dual Link Failures - A method implemented by an apparatus for providing spare capacity allocation (SCA) for dual link failures in a network, comprising computing the SCA for each of a plurality of flows in the network for a plurality of primary backup paths corresponding to a plurality of disjoint working paths for the flows using a first integer linear programming (ILP) model, computing the SCA for each of the flows for a plurality of secondary backup paths corresponding to the disjoint working paths and the primary backup paths using a second ILP model and the computed spare capacity information for the primary backup paths, and aggregating the computed SCA for the primary backup paths and the secondary backup paths for all the flows. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120243870 | Distributing Wavelength Compatible with Signaling Protocols - An apparatus, comprising a first node configured to communicate with a second node to generate a wavelength assignment, wherein the first node is configured to send a wavelength availability information to the second node. Included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method, comprising receiving a wavelength availability information, and updating the wavelength availability information using a local wavelength availability information. Also included is a method, comprising acquiring a local wavelength assignment information, calculating a local wavelength availability information, and transmitting the local wavelength availability information to a subsequent network element on a lightpath. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120243443 | System and Method for Topology Transparent Zoning in Network Communications - An Autonomous System domain comprising a topology transparent zone comprising a plurality of topology transparent zone nodes at least some of which are topology transparent zone edge nodes, wherein the topology transparent zone nodes are interconnected with one another via a plurality of internal links, and a plurality of neighboring external nodes connected to the topology transparent zone edge nodes via a plurality of external links, wherein no link state advertisements (LSAs) describing the internal links are distributed to the neighboring external nodes. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242900 | Media Processing Devices For Detecting and Ranking Insertion Points In Media, And Methods Thereof - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for inserting secondary content into a media stream includes dividing the media stream having a plurality of frames into a plurality of shots at a processor. The method further includes grouping consecutive shots from the plurality of shots into a plurality of scenes. A first list of insertion points is generated for introducing the secondary content. The insertion points of the first list are boundaries between consecutive scenes in the plurality of scenes. An average insertion point saliency of the media stream is generated at the insertion points in the first list. A second list of insertion points is then generated. The insertion points in the second list are arranged to maximize a function of the average insertion point saliency and a distance between each insertion point in the second list with other insertion points in the second list. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120236970 | System and Method for Signaling and Detecting in Wireless Communications Systems - A system and method for signaling and detecting in wireless communications systems are provided. A method for processing information includes operating in a first phase, operating in a second phase, and processing the detected information. The first phase includes iteratively inverting a first filtering operation on received signals, and the second phase includes iteratively inverting a second filtering operation on received signals with consideration given to a first estimation error of symbols of the first user and a second estimation error of symbols of the second user. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236761 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Rack Detection - An embodiment system and method to provide rack awareness for a virtual machine running on a data center server. The virtual machine sends an address resolution protocol request message to a top-of-rack switch to identify a MAC address of the server physical port. The virtual machine receives a reply containing the MAC address of the top-of-rack switch physical port. The virtual machine sends an ICMP packet to the top-of-rack switch with a pre-selected un-routable IP address using the identified physical port MAC address. The virtual machine then receives a message from the top-of-rack switch providing a top-of-rack IP address. The virtual machine employs the top-of-rack IP address to identify the rack location of the server. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120230684 | Burst Power Measurements Using Averaged Power Measurement - An apparatus comprising an individual optical power level calculation (IOPLC) module and a transceiver coupled to the IOPLC module and configured to communicate with a plurality of optical network units (ONUs). Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a control and management (CM) module, an average power level measurement (APLM) module coupled to the CM module, a first transceiver coupled to the CM module and configured to communicate with an optical line terminal (OLT), and a second transceiver coupled to the CM module and the APLM module, and configured to communicate with a plurality of ONUs. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230403 | Using Multiple Prediction Sets to Encode Extended Unified Directional Intra Mode Numbers for Robustness - An apparatus comprising a codec configured to predict an intra mode for a considered pixel block based on a plurality of coded intra modes for a plurality of adjacent pixel blocks to the considered pixel block, wherein the predicted intra mode and the coded intra modes correspond to a set of intra-frame modes that comprise a plurality of directional intra modes and at least two non-directional intra modes and that are assigned a plurality of corresponding group numbers and group index numbers, and wherein the intra mode is predicted based on the group numbers and group index numbers of the coded intra modes. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230302 | Method and System for Handling Congestion in a Communications System - An apparatus for managing contention in a communications system, the apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor. The programming may include instructions to receive a ranging code from a device in a ranging channel, the ranging code corresponding to a current ranging attempt. The programming may further include instructions to broadcast a message acknowledging reception of the ranging code. The programming may further include instructions to receive a ranging request message from the device, the ranging request message comprising a ranging retries parameter that specifies a number of ranging retries that the device performed during the current ranging attempt. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230185 | System and Method for Advertising a Composite Link in Interior Gateway Protocol and/or Interior Gateway Protocol-Traffic Engineering - An apparatus comprising a composite link comprising a plurality of component links including non-homogeneous links and positioned between two nodes that may be adjacent physically or logically, wherein the composite link is advertised as an Internal Gateway Protocol (IGP) link, an IGP-Traffic Engineering (IGP-TE) link, or both. Also included is a network component comprising an advertising module coupled to a composite link that comprises a plurality of component links including non-homogeneous links and configured to advertise the composite link as an Internal Gateway Protocol (IGP) link, IGP-Traffic Engineering (IGP-TE) link, or both, using a plurality of TE parameters associated with the component links. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230184 | Signaling Extension for a Label Switched Path Over a Composite Link - An apparatus comprising an end point coupled to a peer end point via a composite link comprising a plurality of component links and configured to signal the peer end point to indicate an aggregated label switched path (LSP) established on the composite link and one of a plurality of data flow identifiers for the aggregated LSP, wherein the aggregated LSP and a data flow identifier field are signaled from the end point using a signaling protocol. Also disclosed is a method implemented by a network component comprising receiving using a receiver a message comprising a Type-Length-Value (TLV) that indicates that a LSP established on a composite link with a peer end point is an aggregated LSP, and receiving in the TLV a plurality of inner labels that correspond to a plurality of data flows of the aggregated LSP. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120226966 | System and Method for Device Identification in a Communications System - A method of transmitting an information sequence in a message includes embedding a first information sequence into an original payload of the message to produce an augmented payload and generating an original error check code using the augmented payload, the original error check code derived from the first information sequence. The method also includes transmitting the message, the message including the original payload and the original error check code. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226930 | System and Method for Handling a Power Outage - A method for reporting a power outage to a communications controller includes detecting the power outage, and selecting a transmission slot from a plurality of transmission slots in order to report the power outage to the communications controller, the transmission slot selected according to a non-uniform probability distribution function, the non-uniform probability distribution function is monotonic with time after the power outage. The method also includes transmitting a first power outage indicator to the communications controller in the transmission slot selected. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224650 | System and Method for Uplink Inter Cell Interference Coordination in a Wireless Access System - A system and method for uplink inter cell interference coordination and multi-user multiple input, multiple output in a wireless access system are provided. A method for providing uplink inter cell interference coordination in a wireless access system includes categorizing users the wireless access system, selecting a resource allocation plan based on the categorized users, allocating resources to the users in the wireless access system based on the selected resource allocation plan, and receiving transmissions from the users. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120224579 | Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) Over Routed Ethernet Backbone - In at least some embodiments, a network includes a plurality of switches and/or routers configured to implement a native Ethernet routing protocol that encapsulates virtual private network (VPN) traffic with an encapsulation attachment point Ethernet source address, with a de-encapsulation attachment point Ethernet destination address, and with a service label that uniquely identifies the VPN within the network. A single link state protocol such as IS-IS is used to carry network topology and service attachment point information. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120221698 | System and Method for Mobility Management in a Wireless Communications System - A system and method for mobility management in a wireless communications system are provided. A method for proxy server operations includes determining if a communications device is capable of performing an operation, forwarding a transmission to a destination of the transmission if the communications device is capable of performing an operation, and responding to the transmission on behalf of the communications device if the communications device is not capable of performing an operation. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120219085 | Extremely High Speed Broadband Access Over Copper Pairs - Disclosed is an apparatus that includes a plurality of parallel digital signal transmitters that each receive one of a plurality of digital sub-signals wherein each of the plurality of digital signal transmitters is configured to transmit one of the plurality of digital sub-signals that each have about the same bandwidth. The apparatus also includes a combiner coupled to the transmitters and configured to shift some of the plurality of digital sub-signals and to combine the plurality of shifted digital sub-signals into a combined digital signal that has a total bandwidth of that is approximately equal to the sum of the bandwidths of the plurality of digital sub-signals. The total bandwidth comprises a plurality of shifted bandwidths of the plurality of digital sub-signals at about the same offset with respect to each other. The combined digital signal is transmitted over a digital subscriber loop. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120219051 | Method and Device for Inter-Chip and Inter-Antenna Interference Cancellation - A wireless receiver is constructed to equalize a time-domain received signal, detect a plurality of symbols of the equalized time-domain received signal, and perform interference cancellation on the time-domain received signal. The interference cancellation can be performed using a partial result produced by an IDFT, and may use only neighboring symbols in a detected plurality of symbols. The resulting wireless receiver can be constructed to operate efficiently under a plurality of wireless standards. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218998 | Multicast Support for Dual Stack-Lite and Internet Protocol Version Six Rapid Deployment on Internet Protocol Version Four Infrastructures - A method implemented by a network apparatus comprising receiving a Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) membership report message from a host, sending an Automatic IP Multicast Tunneling (AMT) Relay discovery message comprising an anycast address for a border relay (BR) via an IPv4 network, receiving an AMT Relay advertisement message comprising a unicast address for the BR via the IPv4 network, sending an AMT request message to the BR via an AMT tunnel, receiving an AMT query message comprising a MLD listener query from the BR via the AMT, sending an AMT membership message comprising the MLD membership report message of the host to the BR via the AMT tunnel, and receiving an AMT multicast data message comprising an encapsulated IPv6 multicast message from the BR via the AMT tunnel. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218992 | Scrambler Offsetting Packet Transport - In at least some embodiments, a network component includes pre-transmit logic and a transmitter. The pre-transmit logic is configured to determine whether a scrambling sequence for a packet complies with at least a threshold line pattern criteria. If not, the pre-transmit logic delays transmission of the packet to at least partially offset the scrambling sequence used for the packet. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218910 | Multicast Support for Dual Stack-Lite and Internet Protocol Version Six Rapid Deployment on Internet Protocol Version Four Infrastructures - A method implemented by a network apparatus comprising receiving a Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) membership report message from a host, sending an Automatic IP Multicast Tunneling (AMT) Relay discovery message comprising an anycast address for a border relay (BR) via an IPv4 network, receiving an AMT Relay advertisement message comprising a unicast address for the BR via the IPv4 network, sending an AMT request message to the BR via an AMT tunnel, receiving an AMT query message comprising a MLD listener query from the BR via the AMT, sending an AMT membership message comprising the MLD membership report message of the host to the BR via the AMT tunnel, and receiving an AMT multicast data message comprising an encapsulated IPv6 multicast message from the BR via the AMT tunnel. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120216121 | Methods and Apparatus for Media Navigation - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for streaming a media includes a server side receiver for receiving a request to stream a media from a media player. The apparatus further includes a content generator, a server side transmitter, and a media stream generator. The content generator is configured to generate content information providing a plurality of presentation options to consume the media. The server side transmitter is configured to send the content information. The server side receiver is further configured to receive a selected presentation option from amongst the plurality of presentation options. The media stream generator is configured to generate a media stream comprising the media based on the selected presentation option. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120216118 | Methods and Apparatus for Media Navigation - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of playing a media includes receiving a first media stream of the media and displaying the first media stream in a first window of a media player. The first media stream includes navigable parts configured to be selected for higher resolution streaming. A request to stream a selected navigable part of the first media stream is sent. A second media stream with the selected navigable part is received and displayed. The resolution of the selected navigable part in the second media stream is higher than the resolution of the selected navigable part in the first media stream. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120214531 | Method, System and Apparatus for Contacting a Target Mobile Station Using a Secondary Connection - A method and system for notifying a target mobile station, which is temporarily out of communication with a network device over a primary connection, are provided. By way of example, one method includes receiving a notification from the network device over the primary connection. The notification indicates that data is available for the target mobile station. The notification is transmitted to the target mobile station over a secondary connection. The notification requests or instructs the target mobile station to establish communication with the network device over the primary connection in order to receive the data. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120214422 | Adaptive Maximum Power Limiting Using Capacitive Sensing in a Wireless Device - An apparatus for satisfying Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) compliance criteria comprising a processor configured to receive a first capacitance measurement from a first capacitance sensor, receive a second capacitance measurement from a second capacitance sensor, determine a relative proximity of a human body to a wireless device based on the first capacitance measurement and the second capacitance measurement, and adjust a radio frequency (RF) transceiver's output power from a first output power limit to a second output power limit based on the determined relative proximity. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120213224 | System and Method for Finding Point-to-Multipoint Label Switched Path Crossing Multiple Domains - An apparatus associated with a first domain, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to compute a portion of a Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) path, wherein the P2MP path spans a plurality of domains including the first domain, wherein the apparatus does not require knowledge of a core tree of domains to compute the portion of the P2MP path. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120209989 | Method for Dynamic Migration of a Process or Services from One Control Plane Processor to Another - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to migrate load from a source process running on the processor to a target process running on a peer processor in a dynamic manner by monitoring an amount of resources used by the source process, wherein the load is migrated when the amount of resources utilized by the source process exceeds a threshold. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a first processor configured to select a source process to migrate a load from the first processor based on available resources on the first processor and the source process; and a second processor configured upon receiving a migration request from the first processor to one of select and start a target process to which to migrate the load based on available resources for the second processor and the target process. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207467 | Path Computation Element System and Method of Routing and Wavelength Assignment in a Wavelength Switched Optical Network - The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) that manages the processes of routing in an optical network, wherein the PCE receives a path computation request and provides a wavelength range to a network element (NE), and wherein the NE assigns a wavelength from the wavelength range. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a path computation client (PCC) that sends a path computation request to a path computation client (PCE) using path computation element communication protocol (PCEP), and receives a routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) reply to the path computation request using PCEP, wherein the RWA reply comprises an PCEP error message comprising a PCEP error object and an error value to indicate errors associated with the RWA request. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207126 | Control Channel Transmission and Reception Method and System - A first central controller of a wireless system selects a common reference signal (“CRS”) pattern for muting on a first type of control channel by the first central controller, the first type of control channel formed with resource elements (“REs”), identifies, for a first set of user equipments (“UEs”) in a serving area of the first central controller, a set of subframes including the first type of control channel, the set of subframes having REs that overlap the CRS pattern for muting, mutes the overlapping REs in the first type of control channel, frequency-division multiplexes the first type of control channel with data channels, and transmits, to the first set of UEs, the first type of control channel with the muted REs on the identified set of subframes. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207082 | System and Method for Control Channel Search Space Location Indication for a Backhaul Link - A system and method are provided for a control channel search space location indication for a backhaul link. In one aspect, a method for controller operation includes configuring a set of resource blocks for transmission of a control channel for a communication node, and transmitting the configuration of the set of resource blocks to the communication node using higher layer signaling. The control channel can be located within the set of resource blocks. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206882 | Devices Having Anisotropic Conductivity Heatsinks, and Methods of Making Thereof - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a device includes a circuit board with a thermally conductive core layer and a chip disposed over the circuit board. The device further includes a heat sink disposed over the chip. The thermal conductivity of the heat sink along a first direction is larger than a thermal conductivity along a second direction. The first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. The heat sink is thermally coupled to the thermally conductive core layer. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120204224 | Method and Apparatus for a Control Plane to Manage Domain-Based Security and Mobility in an Information Centric Network - A networking system comprising a virtual group controller in an information centric network configured to enable mobility and security for a plurality of users groups of the information centric network, a plurality of user groups coupled to the virtual group controller and associated with the users, a plurality of agents that are each associated with one of the user groups, and a database for trusted service profile coupled to the virtual group controller, wherein the virtual group controller is configured to interact with the agents to enable mobility for the user groups using a server-less domain-based naming scheme. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203860 | System and Method for Remote Party Restrictions in a Communications System - A system and method for remote party restrictions in a communications system are provided. A method for controller operations includes receiving a request from a first communications device to replicate a media flow that is being transmitted to the first communications device from a second communications device during a session, where the replicated media flow is to be provided to a third communications device, and where the second communications device is operated by a remote user. The method also includes allocating resources to a transmission of the replicated media flow to the third communications device, notifying the remote user of the request, and determining a response of the remote user to the request. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120202431 | System and Method for Transparent Coordinated Beam-Forming - A method for reducing interference at a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving, by a second communications controller, a request to reduce interference at the first UE, the first UE being served by a first communications controller. The method also includes determining, by the second communications controller, a beam adjustment in accordance with uplink transmission measurements of the first UE and a second UE, the beam adjustment to aim a transmission to the second UE away from the second UE and towards an angle orthogonal to a first direction of the first UE relative to the second communications controller, the second UE being served by the second communications controller. The method further includes pre-adjusting, by the second communications controller, the transmission with the beam adjustment, and transmitting, by the second communications controller, the pre-adjusted transmission to the second UE. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120201373 | Design of a Good General-Purpose Hash Function with Limited Resources - An apparatus comprising a plurality of stages that are coupled in series and configured to implement a hash function, wherein the stages comprise a plurality of XOR arrays and one or more Substitution-Boxes (S-Boxes) that comprise a plurality of parallel gates. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a plurality of XOR gates that are coupled in parallel, a plurality of input bits coupled to the XOR gates, and a plurality of output bits coupled to the XOR gates, wherein the XOR gates are configured to implement a linear mixing function of the input bits into the output bits as a stage of a non-cryptographic hash function. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120201171 | Asymmetric ring topology for reduced latency in on-chip ring networks - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a plurality of nodes, a first plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes in a first ring network having a first topology, and a second plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes in a second ring network having a second topology, wherein the first topology is different than the second topology. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200334 | Low Noise Mixer - An apparatus comprising a low noise mixer comprising a transconductance amplifier configured to receive a differential voltage and to generate a differential current signal, a passive mixer directly connected to an output of the transconductance amplifier, and a transimpedance amplifier coupled to the passive mixer, wherein the transimpedance amplifier is configured to receive a current signal and convert the current signal to a voltage signal. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120195322 | Method and Apparatus for Achieving Fairness in Interconnect Using Age-Based Arbitration and Timestamping - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein a first node from among the plurality of nodes is configured to receive a first flit comprising a first timestamp, receive a second flit comprising a second timestamp, determine whether the first flit is older than the second flit based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp, transmit the first flit before the second flit if the first flit is older than the second flit, and transmit the second flit before the first flit if the first flit is not older than the second flit. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120195321 | Method and Apparatus for Low-Latency Interconnection Networks Using Hierarchical Rings - An apparatus comprising a chip comprising a global ring network comprising a plurality of global routers configured in a unidirectional ring network, and a plurality of local ring networks directly connected to the global ring network. A method comprising transmitting a first flit from a first router to a second router, wherein a first ring network comprises the first and second routers, and transmitting a second flit from the first router to a third router, wherein a second ring network comprises the first and third routers, wherein the first and second ring networks are in a hierarchical relationship with each other, and wherein a chip comprises the first and second ring networks. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120195314 | Destination-Based Virtual Channel Assignment in On-Chip Ring Networks - An apparatus comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting the nodes in a ring topology, wherein a first node from among the plurality of nodes is coupled to a first link from among the plurality of links, wherein the first link comprises a plurality of virtual channels, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual channels is assigned to provide service to a unique one of the plurality of nodes. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120195229 | System and Method for Computing Point-To-Point Label Switched Path Crossing Multiple Domains - Disclosed is an apparatus comprising a plurality of path computation elements (PCEs) associated with a plurality of inter-coupled domains and configured to communicate with a path computation client (PCC) associated with one of the domains and to implement a Forward Search Path Computation (FSPC) for a preferred path crossing the domains from a source node in a source domain of the plurality of inter-coupled domains to a destination node in a destination domain of the plurality of inter-coupled domains, wherein the preferred path is computed without using a determined order of the domains from the source domain to the destination domain. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120190309 | System and Method for Assisted Open Loop Multiple Input, Multiple Output Communications - A system and method for assisted open loop (OL) multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communications are provided. A method for controller operations includes: adjusting a transmitter used to transmit information in OL MIMO transmissions, the adjusting based on partial channel information for a channel between a controller and a communications device; and transmitting to the communications device using the adjusted transmitter. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120185748 | Method and Apparatus for Applying Forward Error Correction in 66B Systems - A method and apparatus for applying Forward Error Correction (FEC) in 66b systems. For a user data, the apparatus uses a method comprising the steps of generating one or more data blocks using a 66b code format and the user data; generating one or more FEC parity blocks using the 66b code format, wherein the parity is calculated over the data blocks; and generating an FEC codeword using the data blocks and the FEC parity blocks. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120180084 | Method and Apparatus for Video Insertion - An embodiment of a system and method that inserts a virtual image into a sequence of video frames. The method includes capturing geometric characteristics of the sequence of video frames, employing the captured geometric characteristics to define an area of the video frames for insertion of a virtual image, registering a video camera to the captured geometric characteristics, identifying features in the sequence of video frames to identify the defined area of video frames for insertion of the virtual image, and inserting the virtual image in the defined area. Vanishing points are estimated to determine the geometric characteristics, and the virtual image is blended with the area of video frames prior to inserting the virtual image in the defined area. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177038 | Method for Group-Based Multicast with Non-Uniform Receivers - An apparatus comprising a proxy configured to couple to a sender and a receiver and to receive data from the sender at a first rate and forward the data to the receiver at a second rate that is less than the first rate. A method comprising detecting a reception speed for each of a plurality of receivers in a multicast group, assigning the receivers to a first group and a second group based on the reception speed of each of the receivers, wherein the first group has a reception speed that is faster than a reception speed of the second group, and sending multicast data intended for all of the receivers to the receivers in the first group and to a proxy at a first rate, wherein the proxy buffers the multicast data and sends the multicast data to the receivers in the second group at a second rate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177003 | System and Method for Single Radio Handovers - A system and method for single radio handovers are provided. A method for controller operations includes receiving a first message from a mobile node. The first message is transported in a first network. The method also includes transforming the first message into a second message. The second message is to be transported in a second network. The method further includes sending the second message to a point of access in the second network. The point of access is a target point of access for the mobile node in a single radio handover. | 07-12-2012 |
